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Originally Posted by Manhattanboy
I was just in Israel last fall and we toured the area not far from Gaza with some IDF soldiers.
There is no doubt that Gaza first has been a terrible failure and there is so much blame to go round.
One of the ideas Rabin and Peres had at the time was an elevated highway across the Negev Desert that would allow for the free movement of the citizens of Gaza and the West Bank including via high speed rail. The link would also include water and energy.
Their vision also included a free trade zone among Israel, the new State of Palestine and Jordan.
If this bold vision had become reality I think you would have seen two peoples today sharing everyday life with much more in common between themselves than with others in the region.
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Anything successful I think would bring in more effort from Iran/Saudi to destabilize again. The regimes cannot afford Israel being successful.